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<span class="top">The Book of Luke</span><HR NOSHADE>
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<a href="B42C013.html">13</a>
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<a href="B42C016.html"><font size=+2 color=red>16</font></a>
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<td class="v">16:1</td>
<td>And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.</td>
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<td class="v">16:2</td>
<td>And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.</td>
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<td class="v">16:3</td>
<td>Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.</td>
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<td class="v">16:4</td>
<td>I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.</td>
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<td class="v">16:5</td>
<td>So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?</td>
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<td class="v">16:6</td>
<td>And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.</td>
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<td class="v">16:7</td>
<td>Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.</td>
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<td class="v">16:8</td>
<td>And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.</td>
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<td class="v">16:9</td>
<td>And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.</td>
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<td class="v">16:10</td>
<td>He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.</td>
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<td class="v">16:11</td>
<td>If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?</td>
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<td class="v">16:12</td>
<td>And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?</td>
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<td class="v">16:13</td>
<td>No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.</td>
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<td class="v">16:14</td>
<td>And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.</td>
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<td class="v">16:15</td>
<td>And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.</td>
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<td class="v">16:16</td>
<td>The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.</td>
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<td class="v">16:17</td>
<td>And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.</td>
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<td class="v">16:18</td>
<td>Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.</td>
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<td class="v">16:19</td>
<td>There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:</td>
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<td class="v">16:20</td>
<td>And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,</td>
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<td class="v">16:21</td>
<td>And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.</td>
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<td class="v">16:22</td>
<td>And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;</td>
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<td class="v">16:23</td>
<td>And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.</td>
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<td class="v">16:24</td>
<td>And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.</td>
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<td class="v">16:25</td>
<td>But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.</td>
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<td class="v">16:26</td>
<td>And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.</td>
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<td class="v">16:27</td>
<td>Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:</td>
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<td class="v">16:28</td>
<td>For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.</td>
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<td class="v">16:29</td>
<td>Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.</td>
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<td class="v">16:30</td>
<td>And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.</td>
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<td class="v">16:31</td>
<td>And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.</td>
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